JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer

Job Description

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer
On behalf of our Financial Services client, Procom is searching for a JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer for a 15 month contract role. This position is a hybrid position with 2 days onsite at our client’s Toronto office.

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer - Job Description
This role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining resilient, secure, and scalable JBoss Web Server (JWS) and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) environments. It involves developing and managing Ansible-based automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, and lifecycle management across development, staging, and production platforms.

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer - Responsibilities
• Design reverse proxy and application tier topologies including single or dual JBoss Web Server layers with TLS termination and load balancing.
• Perform performance tuning including MPM, JVM sizing, garbage collection, and connection management.
• Implement high availability and scaling strategies such as multi-AZ design, zero-downtime rolling deployments, and canary releases.
• Apply security hardening measures including TLS 1.2+, strong cipher suites, header hardening, and JBoss-specific security configurations.
• Manage lifecycle activities such as patching, upgrading, and configuration rollouts using Ansible with drift detection and remediation.
• Develop idempotent Ansible roles and playbooks for OS hardening, JBoss installation, configuration, application deployment, and integrations.
• Collaborate with application teams to define capacity, deployment patterns, and maintain governance through standards, runbooks, and DR testing.

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer - Mandatory Skills
• 5+ years administering JBoss Web Server and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform in production environments.
• 5+ years experience with Ansible including roles, collections, Molecule, and CI/CD integration.
• Strong Linux (RHEL) administration skills.
• Networking fundamentals including TLS/PKI and load balancing.
• Basic JVM operation knowledge including heap and garbage collection tuning.
• Experience deploying Java web applications.

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer – Nice-to-Have Skills
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of security frameworks such as CIS, SOC2, ISO, or PCI compliance.
• Familiarity with multi-AZ/region deployment strategies and blue/green or canary deployment techniques.
• Experience with monitoring integrations like JMX exporter and mod_status.

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer – Assignment Length
This is a contract position.

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer - Start Date
ASAP.

JBoss Design + Ansible Automation Engineer - Assignment Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This is a hybrid position with a requirement of 2 days in the office per week.

This employer uses both human and technology-assisted tools to support candidate screening and assessment. Final hiring decisions are made by people.